Georgia § 36-30-4 - Eligibility of members of municipal councils or boards of aldermen for other municipal offices.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 36-30-4 — Eligibility of members of municipal councils or boards of aldermen for other municipal offices., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 36-30-4. Eligibility of members of municipal councils or boards of aldermen for other municipal offices.
A councilman or alderman of a municipal corporation shall be ineligible to hold any other municipal office during the term of office for which the councilman or alderman was chosen unless he first resigns as councilman or alderman before entering such other office. This Code section shall apply to all elected officials of a municipal corporation. (Ga. L. 1889, p. 181, § 1; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 226, § 1; Ga. L. 1895, p. 79, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 739; Ga. L. 1899, p. 26, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 886; Code 1933, § 69-201; Ga. L. 1957, p. 97, § 1.) Cross references. - Vacancies created by elected officials qualifying for other office, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. II, Sec. II, Para. V. Law reviews. - For article, "Cities and Towns in Georgia: A Distinction with a Difference?," see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 385 (1963).
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